Check out these three IMPRESSIVE wheeler skills!
A very talented (and French) C5-6 quad who can still play the piano (including the chords!), a paraplegic magician who performs illusions using a standing chair (he’s been on Fox!) and a paraplegic who climbs ladders for fun (he’s nuts!). Read this entry
I may be too burnt out on the genre, but if you’re a fan of gushy primetime soap operas, have a soft spot in your heart for 90210 AND are interested in characters with disabilities in the media (television and movies, etc)…
…then Riley (played by Riley Smith of ’24,’ ‘Motocrosser’ and ‘Freak & Geeks’ fame) is a character you need to get hip to. Read this entry
Brooke Ellison is am-aazing! First quad to graduate from Harvard (you’ve seen her on the “Hope. Pass It On” billboards), Christopher Reeve’s last film was on her life story and she ran for the New York State Senate in 2004.
What is she up to now? Read on!
Hair binders to hold a Wiimote, the awesome “Face Gamer” from New Hampshire gets featured in Wired and an accessible Wii Fit board invented by a crafty Canadian para. Sweet! I love accessible gaming ♥
And if you don’t know who Chuck Bittner, aka the “Face Gamer” is (he was featured in Wired magazine & is THE leading accessible gaming advocate), this is your chance to get edumacated. Read this entry
Check out our SCI Superstar this week: Judith Smith! Artistic director of one of the most successful disability non-profits in the country, AXIS Dance Company (based in Oakland, CA).
AXIS is a leading integrated dance company that’s been on (and kicked butt) on Fox’s So You Think You Can Dance? Read this entry
Dear Tiffiny,
I am a 27 year old chef and was recently involved in a motorcycle accident leaving me paralyzed from the chest down. I was really concerned that I would never date again and then in the hospital I met my current girlfriend and was really happy.
It’s been 5 months since the accident and now I am kinda realizing that I don’t know if I really like this girl at all.
Hunting season is on!
Watch a C4 quad hunt with a breath-powered trigger, watch another quadriplegic hunt in a manual wheelchair using a blind (and drag the deer back to his truck!) and watch a C2 quad target shoot with a 9mm pistol. Read this entry
Sometimes having a blog has a few benefits, and this is one of them. I’m using my blog to to send a question to the masses today, regarding EZ lock mounts for power wheelchairs.
I’m so excited. After 7 years, I’m finally getting a new wheelchair; Upgrading from a TDX 3 to a TDX SP (Invacare powerchairs). However, I just found out that the EZ Lock mount on the my chair (that locks me into the floor of my van when I drive, enabling me to drive for my wheelchair), cannot be transferred onto my new wheelchair. Of course it can’t be transferred :/
A top spinal cord injury researcher, on the hunt for a cure since the 1980’s. Wise Young is one of our greatest champions. Learn all about him. Read this entry
Watch a female quad blowdry and style her own hair with zero finger movement.
Also – watch a quad wash his hair in his bathroom sink using a kitchen-style faucet installed in his bathroom and a young guy newly paralyzed, shave his head and beard with finesse. Read this entry
